Work

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Work may refer to:

Human labour

Work (project management), the effort applied to produce a deliverable or accomplish a task
Employment, a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee
Creative work, a manifestation of creative effort, in copyright law
House work, management of a home
Manual work, physical work done by people
Paid work, relationship in which a worker sells labor and an employer buys it
Job, a regular activity performed in exchange for payment

Physics

Work (physics), the work done by, or energy transferred by, a force acting through a distance
- Work (electrical), the work done by, or energy transferred by, a force from an electric field acting on a charge through a distance
- Work (thermodynamics), the quantity of total energy transferred from one system to another that isn`t dependent on heat (temperature difference). So basically any sort of energy transferred other than heat is considered work. Work can be completely converted to heat but heat cannot be completely converted to work. (e.g. a combustion engine utilizes heat to do work but is not 100% efficient)1

Mechanical work is defined when an object moves a distance X against a force f, so the force multiplied by the distance changed is work. work = force x (change in distance) Units = N·m, 1N·m = 1 Joule

Electrical work is similar but its force is its charge "q" and its distance is its change in voltage. Electrical work = q x (change in voltage)

In Chemistry work is the same as the physics concept by which the force is the pressure of the system and the change in distance x is the change in volume. work = pressure x (change in volume)

Arts and entertainment

Work (book), a 2012 book by the anarchist collective CrimethInc
Work (film), a 1915 silent film starring Charlie Chaplin
Work (painting), by Ford Madox Brown
Work (professional wrestling), anything staged or planned to happen in a professional wrestling presentation
Work: A Story of Experience, an 1873 novel by Louisa May Alcott
Work, a 1978 play by Ron Milner
Work of art, an aesthetic physical item or artistic creation

Broadcast call signs

WORK-LP, an American low-power television station licensed to serve Nashua, New Hampshire
WORK (FM), former name from 1974 through 2012 of WRFK (FM), an American FM radio station licensed to serve Barre, Vermont
WOYK, an American AM radio station licensed to serve York, Pennsylvania known as WORK from 1932 through 1973

Music

Work (album), a 2010 album by Shout Out Louds
The Work (band), a band
Work Records, a music label under Sony Records
Work 1989–2002, a compilation album by the electronic music duo Orbital

Songs

"Work" (Ciara song), 2009
"Work" (Iggy Azalea song), 2013
"Work" (Jars of Clay song), 2006
"Work" (Jimmy Eat World song), 2004
"Work" (Kelly Rowland song), 2007
"Work" (The Saturdays song), 2008
"Work" (The 2 Bears song), 2012
"Work Bitch", a song by Britney Spears censored as "Work" for radio releases, 2013
"Work", a song by ASAP Ferg from the mixtape Lords Never Worry
"Work", a song by Bob Marley from his album Uprising
"Work", a song by Gang Starr from their album Moment of Truth
"Work", a song by Mac Boney from the album Grand Hustle Presents: In da Streetz Volume 4

Religion

Work (Christian theology), a person's actions or deeds, in contrast to inner qualities
Karma, "work" or "deed" in Sanskrit; the principle of causality where actions influence the future in some Asian religions

People

Milton Work (1864-1934), American authority on bridge and whist